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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's inevitable that DC scraps the system of neighborhood schools and moves to an all-lottery system with sibling and at-risk preferences.  It's the only manageable way to drive toward more equity and inclusion,[b] so that everyone has an equal chance at the better schools[/b].  A number of the key decision-makers in the Chancelor's office and OSSE want to do this.  It's just a question of when the mayor feels that the political moment is ripe.[/quote]

What makes the "better schools" better? Most of these "better schools" are serving high populations of advantaged kids who are performing at or above grade level. An all-lottery system would fundamentally change this and will also alter the pride and investment that families have in the "better" neighborhood schools. An all lottery system isn't the way for everyone to have an equal chance at the better schools. [/quote]

I've had 3 kids at Janney (last one is still there).  It's a "better school" because 95% of the inboundary kids (and frankly most of the out-of-boundary kids) come from households of two parents with advanced degrees and high level jobs who are incredibly invested in their kids.   The soil isn't magic and the teachers aren't either.  They're good but they have a remarkably easy job compared to teachers across the park.  They're teaching kids who arrived at school already enriched up the wazoo from birth.  Aside from kids with special needs most of the kids are at grade level or well beyond.  This is not meant as disparaging towards the teachers but in the realm of teaching this is about as easy as it gets.[/quote]

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